Advisory services

Consultation sessions relating to the following issues:

• Creation of data management plans
• Management of research data during the research process
• Management of research data after the conclusion of the research process
• Data sharing and dissemination methods
• Appropriate mediums for sharing and disseminating research data

Training sessions

The following scheduled sessions are offered:

• Overview of research data management
• Data sharing and dissemination

Training sessions can be requested and arranged for specific academic departments, institutes or groups.

Research Data Management Adventure Game

In order to help researchers learn about research data management in a fun and entertaining manner the Library collaborated with the University of Bath’s Library and developed the Research Data Management Adventure Game. This is a text-based role playing interactive fiction serious game based on the data management challenges of an academic research project. The game takes the form of an online choose-your-own-adventure format in which game players take a simulated research project through the following processes: data management planning, data collection/generation, data organisation, data description and research publication; whilst encountering data management challenges along the way.